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A collection of 12 issues

Can You Get the Brokers Fee Back? Do You Have to Pay One?

Clarendon and Flatbush, Liena Zagare/BklynerUPDATED: On Monday, February 10, a New York State judge issued a temporary restraining order [https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/10/nyregion/nyc-broker-fees.html], so the brokers can collect fees until at least the March 13 hearing. Renters can no longer be charged brokers

New Law Protects NYC Tenants from Slumlords and Unsafe Conditions

Brooklyn building. Photo by Kevin H. via Flickr. [https://www.flickr.com/photos/16151021@N00/3900940036]There’s a new law that protects tenants from landlord harassment. Meet law A.6188/S.2605. On December 3, Governor Andrew Cuomo signed into law Attorney general Letitia James’ program bill that protects

Meet Your Candidate: Jennifer Berkley For Flatbush’s District 40

Photo: Berkley’s Campaign.The 40th District has three candidates running against the incumbent Mathieu Eugene: Pia Raymond [/10-questions-ditmas-park-city-council-candidate-pia-raymond/], Jennifer Berkley and Brian Cunningham [/meet-candidate-brian-cunningham-flatbushs-district-40/]. These candidates are vying to represent Crown Heights, East Flatbush, Flatbush, Kensington, Midwood, Prospect Park, and Prospect Lefferts Gardens. Read our discussion with Jennifer Berkley

Submit Your Comments About Upcoming Rent Stabilization Increases

(Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)Do you have a rent-stabilized lease? Are you concerned about a rent increase? Testimony from the public is now being accepted regarding the proposed rent increase guidelines for rent stabilized apartments, lofts, and hotel units with leases renewing between October 1, 2016 and September 3,

Join The Flatbush Tenant Coalition For A Cookout In Prospect Park This Saturday, August 22

Image via the Flatbush Tenant Coalition [https://www.facebook.com/FlatbushTenantCoalition/photos/a.486367641437049.1073741826.268117579928724/885835788156897/?type=1&theater] This Saturday, August 22, bring a food dish and your friends and head over to Prospect Park for a barbecue to celebrate all the hard work done by our

Tenants Could See City’s First-Ever Rent Freeze This June

For our many neighbors who live in rent-stabilized apartments [http://nycrgb.org/html/resources/zip.html], some financial relief could be headed their way come June. The city’s Rent Guidelines Board [http://www.nycrgb.org/] released a report [http://www.nycrgb.org/downloads/research/pdf_reports/pioc15.pdf] last

‘You Don’t Have Money To Give, But You Have People Power’: Lessons From The Flatbush Tenant Coalition’s Trip To Albany

Flatbush Tenant Coalition members advocate for stronger rent laws on the steps of the capitol building.As our neighbors ended their day of lobbying in Albany [/blog/news/following-the-affordable-housing-fight] Tuesday and made their way back to the bus, shielding their faces from the clumps of wet snow covering our state’

Today: Housing Services Clinics To Be Held At Coney Island Hospital

The following flier was sent to us from the Brooklyn Streetcar Artists Group and the Independent Committee at Coney Island Hospital: Click to enlargeGot a housing problem, either as a homeowner or as a renter? Brooklyn Housing and Family Services is the borough’s largest organization to help those in

Thursday: Housing Services Clinics To Be Held At Coney Island Hospital

The following flier was sent to us from the Brooklyn Streetcar Artists Group and the Independent Committee at Coney Island Hospital: Click to enlargeGot a housing problem, either as a homeowner or as a renter? Brooklyn Housing and Family Services is the borough’s largest organization to help those in

Thursday: Rental And Homeownership Clinic At Coney Island Hospital

The following was sent to us from Brooklyn Housing & Family Services, Coney Island Hospital and the Brooklyn Streetcar Artists Group: